Johann Albrecht Bengel
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Johann Albrecht Bengel was an 18th-century German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar renowned for his critical work on the Greek New Testament and influential exegetical writings.
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| Johann Albrecht Bengel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Albrecht Bengel Context triple: [Tübinger Stift, notableAlumni, Johann Albrecht Bengel]
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Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and founder of the Tübingen School, known for his critical-historical approach to early Christianity and the New Testament.
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B.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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C.
Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Johann Salomo Semler
Johann Salomo Semler was an 18th-century German theologian and biblical scholar often regarded as a founder of modern historical-critical study of the Bible and a leading figure of the German Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Albrecht Bengel Target entity description: Johann Albrecht Bengel was an 18th-century German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar renowned for his critical work on the Greek New Testament and influential exegetical writings.
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A.
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and founder of the Tübingen School, known for his critical-historical approach to early Christianity and the New Testament.
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B.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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C.
Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Johann Salomo Semler
Johann Salomo Semler was an 18th-century German theologian and biblical scholar often regarded as a founder of modern historical-critical study of the Bible and a leading figure of the German Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lutheran theologian
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New Testament scholar ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1687-06-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Winnenden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1752-11-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Gymnasium in Denkendorf
NERFINISHED
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Tübinger Stift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Bengel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
New Testament textual criticism
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biblical studies ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Albrecht
NERFINISHED
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Johann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century biblical criticism
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Eberhard Bengel NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Jakob Wettstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
August Hermann Francke
NERFINISHED
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Philipp Jakob Spener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical work on the Greek New Testament
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exegetical commentary on the New Testament ⓘ formulation of principles of textual criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | Pietism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Johann Albrecht Bengel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apparatus criticus ad Novum Testamentum
NERFINISHED
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Erklärte Offenbarung Johannis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnomon Novi Testamenti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
biblical commentator
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clergyman ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at Tübinger Stift
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rector of the seminary at Denkendorf ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Lutheran orthodoxy
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Pietist exegesis ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Book of Revelation
NERFINISHED
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New Testament Greek text ⓘ |
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